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Making Big Technology Decisions: Advice for District Leaders, Principals, and Teachers

This event occurred on August 10, 2021 3:00 PM EDT, but is available to view on-demand.
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Educators at all levels make decisions that can have a huge impact on students. That’s especially true when it comes to the use of technology, which was activated like never before to help students learn from home safely during the pandemic. Now, district and school leaders and teachers are preparing for a new school year featuring mostly in-person instruction.

The transition from remote and hybrid instruction to in-person learning carries with it a whole new set of complicated decisions: How do educators determine which technologies that were effective for remote and hybrid instruction should be integrated for full-time in-person learning? And which ones should be ditched? How can principals help teachers make the best use of the new tech skills they picked up delivering remote and hybrid learning? And how do teachers decide which tech tools will be best for students when nearly everyone is back in physical classrooms?

At the same time, students and their parents are bringing a whole new set of expectations about how technology should be used for learning, driven largely by their experiences with remote and hybrid instruction. They may want more transparency about what and how their children are learning, and greater clarity about how schools plan to use technology to accelerate learning in ways that help students catch up in key areas.

Join us for a conversation with educators at all levels—district, school, and classroom—about what it will take to make sure the most important lessons learned about the use of technology during the pandemic are applied to teaching and learning during the 2021-22 school year and beyond.

Speakers
Dwayne Alton
Executive Director The School District of Lee County
Alton has worked in educational technology for over 25 years in one of the largest public school districts in the United States. He is a K-12 Board Member for IMS Global Learning Consortium and is an Ed Tech advisor to Dell, Google, and more.
Theresa Goltermann
STEM, Career, and Tech Ed (CTE) Teacher York Public Schools
Goltermann is a career educator currently serving as a middle school career and technical education and computer science teacher specializing in the integration of STEM and computer science into the curriculum using robotics, coding and hands-on experiences.
Derek McCoy
Principal North Asheboro Middle School
McCoy is currently the principal of North Asheboro Middle School in Asheboro City Schools. He was named one of 25 educators to Follow on Twitter by #NCED and the Innovative School Partners. In 2014, he was named a Digital Principal of the Year by NASSP. He presents nationally on aspects of leadership, teaching and learning best practices, equity, and learner-centered schools. He has co-authored, “The Revolution: Its Time to Empower Change in Our Schools,” a book designed to lead conversations on leadership, change strategies, school culture, and empowerment and “10 Perspectives on Learning in Education,” a compilation featuring leading educational voices today.
Melissa Tebbenkamp
Director of Instructional Technology Raytown Quality Schools
Tebbenkamp has served as the director of Instructional Technology for Raytown Quality Schools in Missouri since 2006. She was among the first 50 in the nation to earn the Certified Education Technology Leader designation from the Consortium for School Networking. Tebbenkamp holds a master’s degree in Educational Technology, with a concentration in networking and systems management. She has consulted with the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Education on the impact of federal privacy laws on schools and online instructional tools and has led several workshops aimed at helping schools and districts improve their data governance programs.
Moderator
Kevin Bushweller oversees coverage of educational technology and learning environments for Education Week.
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